Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 561 On-site teaching, how to break Michael Jordan’s defense directly!
Before the Bobcats-Heat series began, everyone's focus was on the similarities between Jordan and Butler.

This is the fans' perspective. In fact, from the head coach's perspective, it is not the case at all.

Heat head coach Spoelstra doesn't care at all about the similarities between Jordan and Butler.

It actually makes no sense how similar Butler is to Jordan.

Because in this series, neither Jordan nor Butler will be the one to decide the game.

"Many people are confused by Coach D and Michael Jordan. The Michael Jordan of today may not be the Michael Jordan we are familiar with. Coach D and Michael Jordan have been covering it up. The Michael Jordan of today does not have the terrifying fadeaway jump shot."

After Spoelstra finished speaking, David Fizdale, the Heat's Associate Head Coach, was shocked.

"Shiba, this is a very bold idea of ​​yours."

It is really shocking to say that Jordan has lost his ability to shoot a fadeaway jump shot.

Fizdale is the Associate Head Coach of the Heat. This position is not common in the NBA. People who don’t know much about the NBA coaching staff may directly regard the Associate Head Coach as an assistant coach.

In fact, Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach are completely different.

Most teams do not have an Associate Head Coach out of respect for the head coach.

In recent years, the most well-known assistant head coach is Thibodeau of the Celtics.

In 2007, Thibodeau, Van Gundy's chief assistant, left Van Gundy to go solo. He failed in his application for the head coach position of the Kings and was invited by Danny Ainge, who gave Thibodeau the title of Associate Head Coach.

It is precisely because of this incident that Coach Doug has always had a problem with Ainge.

What do you mean, Danny Ainge? You don't believe me.

With the great Doug as the head coach, who does we need an assistant head coach for?
Doug smelled delicious afterwards.

In addition to on-the-spot command, Thibodeau had the final say on almost everything on the Celtics' training ground that year. He could even draw the tactical board on the spot.

The effect was obvious. That season, the Celtics ranked first in almost all defensive statistics, and Thibodeau deserved much of the credit.

If you really let Doug lead the Big Three, even if you give Doug the best ingredients, Doug can still do a great job for you.

Even Pierce, Doug's most trusted confidant, praised Thibodeau highly after the Celtics won the championship that season. He almost blurted out that Thibodeau was our real head coach, Doug was responsible for inspirational speeches, and Thibodeau was responsible for everything else.

Because Thibodeau is not only responsible for defense, he is also responsible for offense.

Another famous assistant head coach in the league is Gentry of the Warriors.

Therefore, in the NBA, the associate head coach is also called the co-head coach.

Fizdale used to be an ordinary assistant coach of the Heat. After the Big Three of the Heat broke up, he was appointed as the deputy head coach.

The breakup of the Big Three of the Heat made Pat Riley very angry. He was not only angry about James' betrayal. Although he still loved his last disciple Spoelstra, he was still upset about Spoelstra overturning an aircraft carrier.

Therefore, Fizdale was appointed as the deputy head coach to supervise Spoelstra.

The encouragement from the teacher is still very effective. Spoelstra has grown very rapidly in recent years.

However, Spoelstra's growth has put Fizdale under tremendous pressure and in a very embarrassing situation.

The head coach is so awesome, why does he need a deputy head coach?

At the same time, Spoelstra is also in an awkward position. With the assistant head coach around him, he cannot have the final say on many matters as the head coach and has to discuss things with the head coach.

Since the teacher has not removed this position, it means that I have not yet learned enough and cannot take charge on my own.

This has also resulted in the situation where many things for the Heat now require Spoelstra and Fizdale to discuss.

Convincing each other, discussing with each other, learning from each other and improving each other, the intentions of the master Pat Riley are very good.

Fizdale is also Pat Riley's registered disciple. He and Popovich have their own strengths. Popovich has learned more from Pat Riley's offense, while Fizdale has learned more from Pat Riley's defense.

The cooperation between the two was good before, but as Spoelstra's strength grew, their differences often increased.

However, Fizdale is a good guy, and generally speaking, he is the one who takes the initiative to give in to Spoelstra.

Fizdale also knows that his role is to accompany the prince to study.

So, although he wanted to continue arguing with Spoelstra, in the end, seeing Spoelstra was so determined, Fizdale chose to accept Spoelstra's choice and also chose to accept Spoelstra's redefinition of Jordan.

That is, Jordan is a player who is not so skilled in fadeaway jump shots, but is extremely powerful in breakthroughs and defense.

Fizdale doesn't know whether Spoelstra is trying to cover up his mistake. Knowing that he can't defend Jordan, he assumes that Jordan is not very good at mid-range shots, so he doesn't need to defend his mid-range shots, which will make it much easier to defend.

After all, a player who can only break through and cause damage, even if he is Michael Jordan, is actually not so invincible.

Well, once you accept this setting, it's quite exciting.

I'm afraid that after the next game, coach Pat Riley will spank Spoelstra.

What the hell is this? They actually took the initiative to let Michael Jordan take a fadeaway jump shot. Are you crazy?

According to Spoelstra's redefinition of Jordan, the Heat's starting lineup for the next game will need to change.

If Jordan is difficult to defend both inside and outside, and the Heat's defense needs to expand, then Whiteside must be the right starting center, with Whiteside partnering with Aldridge.

If Jordan's mid-range shot is not so stable, the Heat's defense can be contracted, and it would be more appropriate to use Porzingis as the starting center.

These are two completely different styles of play.

If Jordan really starts the next game by using a mid-range fadeaway shot from the outside to single out Butler and beats Butler, I hope Spoelstra won't cry.

Spoelstra hopes to incorporate his understanding of the Bobcats into the team's thinking before the series begins.

This is not an easy thing to do.

Convincing the players that Jordan doesn't have such a strong mid-range shooting ability is more difficult than convincing the Heat players that Spoelstra is a woman.

Jordan, the god of mid-range shots, you tell me that he doesn’t have the ability to shoot mid-range shots now?

Are you kidding me?
The reason why Jordan doesn't take mid-range shots is not because he doesn't have the ability, but because he needs to give the mid-range space to Beasley. For the growth of his teammates, he defends like crazy.

A lot of players on the Heat are fans of Jordan.

Wade, Jimmy Butler, all of them, Spoelstra, have you drunk too much or smoked too much? Where did you get the imagination to come up with such a weird thing?

After Spoelstra shared his understanding of the Bobcats and Jordan with some of the team's key players, Wade and Butler's faces turned pale on the spot.

There should be a limit to your nonsense. If Spoelstra's position in the Heat was not very special, and he was the incarnation of Pat Riley, Wade and Jimmy Butler would probably get mad on the spot, walk away, and leave Spoelstra dreaming alone.

Spoelstra's idea needs to be implemented by the Heat players.

Otherwise, no matter how much he said, it would be useless. When the players defended Jordan in the game, they still kept close to him and defended him tightly. So what was the point of his ideas?
Therefore, even though he knew that Wade and Jimmy Butler were disdainful of his fantasy, Spoelstra still had to patiently criticize them.

Why is it mouth cannon?
Because the data does not support Spoelstra's idea.

Jordan has taken very few mid-range shots this season, but his hit rate is very high, over 50%.

Put yourself in his shoes. If you were not the head coach of the Heat but an ordinary bystander, you would not believe such a bizarre thing.

Even most of the head coaches in the league, perhaps except him, would not believe such a thing.

The reason why he came up with such an idea was simply because of his understanding of willfulness.

He is Pat Riley's disciple, and the Pat Riley lineage is best at scheming or conspiring.

As for the fortune teller, before Coach D came to the NBA, Pat Riley was the darkest man in the NBA, one of the darkest men in the NBA.

Jordan's personality, is he the kind of player who is willing to do things for his teammates?

joke!

Jordan's personality, is he the kind of person who would easily give the most shining position on the court to Beasley?

Why didn't Beasley go to power defense and support his teammates?
Beasley's defensive performance this season was also very strong. Why was it Jordan who sacrificed instead of Beasley?

Obviously, Jordan is not as good as Beasley in offense!
Therefore, Jordan did not want to sacrifice himself, but he had no choice because he really could not beat Beasley now.

How could peak Jordan, with such strong physical fitness, be defeated by Beasley?

Then the only possibility is that Jordan does not have the offensive skills he had at his peak.

These are indeed all conjectures, but they still have a very complete logical chain.

Although there is no evidence.

Therefore, Spoelstra needs to use his mouth cannon to conquer the team's star players to support him.

"Dwayne, I believe you know Jordan better than I do. Do you think Jordan is a player willing to play second fiddle to Beasley?"

It is true that Jordan is the MVP of this regular season, and it is also true that he is the nominal leader of the Bobcats. However, in terms of playing style, Jordan now plays like the second-in-command even more than Pippen did back then, while Beasley plays like the boss.

Wade, who had a very dissatisfied look on his face just now, was not so angry when he heard what Spoelstra said.

The logical chain is very important. Spoelstra's conjecture does have a strong logical chain, and Spoelstra's logical chain is completely based on his impression of Jordan.

"Jimmy, how do you think you compare to Michael Jordan?"

Butler frowned. Compared with Jordan? Of course not.

So, Butler didn't even answer this question. This question shouldn't even appear. It would just disgust me if it appeared. Although he is confident, he doesn't dare to say that he can be better than Jordan.

"Even you, Jimmy, are not willing to play second fiddle to Derrick Rose. In the absence of Beasley, Michael Jordan was even willing to play second fiddle to Rose, Grant Hill, O'Neal, and Duncan. In the Bobcats, almost all superstars have played the game's big boss, but Michael Jordan has always been the second fiddle to the big boss. Jimmy, are you willing to do something like Jordan?"

Jimmy Butler stared at Spoelstra with wide eyes.

It's no wonder that after hearing Spoelstra's use of various debating techniques, Jimmy Butler suddenly felt that it made sense.

Therefore, he also has to accept the fact that his idol's magic has disappeared.

At that moment, Jimmy Butler almost instantly thought of the movie starring Durant, Thunderball, in which Durant's basketball ability was stolen by the little brother, who became the god of basketball, and Durant became the most brilliant iron man on the court.

So, the physical gifts of youth that his idols were given also came at a price?

The price is his peak offensive skills?
"Popovich once said that Coach D is invincible, but not invincible. Many of Coach D's magical methods come at a price. In the great All-Star Game in 2014, Duncan was inspired by Coach D to reach his peak potential, but after playing a game, he recovered for almost half a month or even a month. Coach D brought Jordan a peak body, and it lasted for a season. So, what was the price? I think the price is probably Michael's offensive skills."

"I don't know when Michael Jordan will be able to find his skills back, but I think it is impossible for Michael Jordan to find his offensive skills back in this series. The destiny that Coach D stole for Jordan is too great. Michael Jordan needs to pay a very high price to be worthy of this greatness and find his lost peak. This cannot even be done in one or two seasons. So, now is our chance."

"Now, we are the only ones who know Michael Jordan's situation. Even Coach D doesn't know that we know Jordan's situation. As long as we can seize this opportunity, we can beat the Bobcats on the court and enter the Eastern Conference Finals, or even the Finals, and win the championship!"

Very provocative.

Moreover, Spoelstra still has a specific strategy.

"I know you may still have doubts in your mind, I can let you verify it, Jimmy, now the whole world says you are Michael Jordan's illegitimate son. In tomorrow's pre-game press conference, I hope you can say this before the game."

After Spoelstra whispered this sentence in Jimmy Butler's ear, Butler was stunned.

Can you really say this?
Will there be a risk of life on the field?

"Jimmy, if you hadn't died, it would prove that my guess was correct. You could even become famous by stepping on Michael Jordan!"

"Jimmy, you either die or stand at the pinnacle of glory by stepping on God. This is an equal exchange. If you want to gain something, you may lose something, right?"

At this time, Butler really wanted to say, Spoelstra, I didn't realize that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are full of bad intentions!
Pre-game press conference between the Bobcats and the Heat.

Jordan likes Butler very much and went over to attend the press conference with Butler.

Let the reporters take more photos of the two of us standing together, no need for PS, let’s just stand together.

Feel free to take some photos and see if we look alike.

In the press conference, Jordan was talkative and Butler was silent.

Jordan was also very open about whether Jimmy Butler was his illegitimate son, expressing his hope to have such a good son, and he almost said that he wanted a son like Butler.

Just as Danzi was immersed in the excitement of harvesting a wild son, Butler, who had been silent, interrupted Danzi's excitement.

"Michael, I know you are excited, but please don't get excited yet. I know we are very similar, but..."

"but?"

Danzi and the reporters at the scene looked at the stern Butler with curiosity.

Butler smiled.

"But, I am a dad, and you, Michael Jordan, are my son!"

At that moment, the whole world was silent and silent, with only Jimmy Butler's doting smile as a father looked at his son.

(End of this chapter)